Binder



April 22, 1930." F. J. KLINE 1,755,604

BINDER Filed Sept. 22, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS April 22, 1930.

. F. J. KLINEI BINDER Filed Sept. 22, 1927 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 22, 1930 water.

FRED J'QELINE, BAYVILLE, NEW YQRK BINDER,

Application filed September 22, 1927. sem No. 221,235.

This invention relates to binders for letters, documents, miscellaneous papers, and particularly to a simple and effective device whereby such papers may be detachably secured to a cover. This device may be employed for the accumulation of papers in an orderly arrangement. It may be used also as a temporary binder for sheets containing information of various kinds, for example, menu cards, railroad time-tables, and the like.

Many types of binders for papers have been suggested heretofore and some of them are satisfactory for certain purposes. known types of binders do not,.however, afford the advantages of compactness and strength together with simplicity of manipulation which characterizes the binder hereinafter described.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a binder in which the papers or sheets may be securely and firmly held in accessible and orderly arrangement, the papers being readily detachable, however, by a simple op-,

' eration.'

Another object of the invention is the removal of accumulated papers or sheets from the binder without disturbing the arrangement thereof.

In carrying out the invention the cover may be made of any suitable material and its dimensions may vary depending upon the size of the papers to be accommodated. Advantageously the cover may be flexible and ma be made of leather or imitation leather, clot or paper. The cover may be still, however, witha flexible portion between the front and back. At or adjacent the medial line the cover is provided with a plurality of inwardly directed locking devices which are adaptedto project through corresponding openings in the papers to be secured in the binder or through similar openings in a binderstrip.

Thus a folded menu card or sheet carrying any other information may have a plurality of openings registering with the locking devices or t e binder strip may have similar I openings.

When the card or strip has been placed in the cover in the manner indicated,,i t may be secured thereto in various ways. Thus the The locking devices may consist of eyelets riveted or otherwise attached to the cover. A pintle may be passed through the eyelets above the card or strip. The pintle may be held in place by any convenient device as, for example, by bending one end thereof so that it engages one of the eyelets resiliently; The pintle is provided preferably with a kink which normally holds it.in place by engagement with the eyelet but permits release thereof upon the application of slight pressure. Separate locking clips may replace the pintle, the clips being disposed in the separate eyelets to hold the card or hinder strip in the cover.

Other types of locking devices may be used. Instead of the eyelets and pintle or clips I may employ snap fasteners secured tothe cover with projecting parts with which the openings in the card or hinder strip register. M

The cooperating parts of the snap fasteners may be placed above the card or hinder strip.

While the locking devices are disposed preferably at the medial line of the cover. they may also be placed on the front or back portions thereof or on both. The cover may thus enclose separate-cards or sheets or separate files of papers so that the cards or files are individually removable therefrom.

The papers may be secured to the binder strip, when such a strip is used, byany suitable fasteners of which .various forms are known to the trade. I Thus, the binder strip 'in'g locks or otherwise. Another form of fastener comprises a head with contiguous tongues which are spread after passing through the perforations in the binding and paper. These tongues may be secure likewise, if desired, with looking plates. In utilizing the invention the papers to be bound may be disposed between the wings of the binder strip or the wings may be brought together so that the papers to be bound are supported at one side thereon.

When a number of papers have been accumulated the binder strip with the papers securely attached thereto can be removed from the cover by simply withdrawing the pintle,.or by removing the locking clips or other locking means, thus releasing the binder strip. A new binder strip may be inserted then and secured and additional papers can be accumulated in the cover.

The invention will be described in further detail by reference to the accompanying drawin illustrating the preferred embodiments thereof, it being understood that such detail is merely illustrative of the invention. In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of the binder;

Fig. 2 is another perspective view showing the bound papers separated from the cover;

Fig. 3 pintle;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section of the cover and binding strip; I

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the eyelets;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrat ng the fastening of papers to the bindlng strip;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing another arrangement of the papers;

Fig. 8 is a plan view illustrating the use of another type of fastener;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the fastener shown in Fig. 8. 1

Referring to the drawing, 5 lndicates the cover which, as hereinbefore indicated, may be of any suitable material, preferably flexible. A plurality of eyelets 6 are secured at the medial line of the cover pro ect1ng 1 nwardly. The eyelets may be fastened by r veting or otherwise.- A binder strip 7 w1th perforations 8 registering with the eyelets is placed in the cover and held by a pintle 9 which overlies the strip andpasses through the eyelets forming a hinge. The end of the pintle 9 is bent at 10 and has a kink 11 which engages one of the eyelets. The pmtle isthus held in place except when pressure 1s applied to withdraw it.

The wings of the binder strip are perforatedat 12 and are adapted to be disposed, for example, on opposite sides of the papers to be bound. The latter are perforated to receive tongues 13 supported on the base 14: of a fastener. The tongues likewise pass through the perforations 12 in the binder strip and through openings 15 in a locking plate 16? The latter may be provided with sliding locks 17 to secure the ends of the tongues. Instead of placing the wings of is a detail in perspective of the 1,755,eoe

the binder strip on opposite sides of the pa pers the wings may be brought together and the papers may be secured by the fastener to one side of the binder strip as indicated in Fig.7.

In Fig. 8 the papers are secured by separate fasteners 17 having tongues 18 which pass through the perforations in the binder strips and in the papers to be secured. Locking plates 19 may be used to prevent sepa ration of the fasteners. The papers may be secured between the wings of the binding strip or the wings may be brought together and the papers fastened thereto. 1

In either form of the invention removal of the sheets or accumulated papers is accomplished by withdrawing the pintle. The bound papers can be filed or disposed of otherwise and a new binder strip can be inserted.

Among the special advantages of the invention is the uniform expansion on opposite sides of the hinge connection so that the edges of the front and back covers remain in proper alignment during expansion up to the full capacity of the binder. The simplicity of manipulation in inserting the binder strip and in removing the accumulated papers as well as in adding or removing separate papers is evident; Nevertheless the papers are always securely bound and held in the cover until intentionally removed.

Various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the invention or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

I claim In a binder for papers, a folded cover, a plurality of members extending inwardly through the cover along its fold-line and forming eyelets on the inside thereof, a binder strip within said cover having a plurality of openings along its fold-line through which said eyelets extend, a pintle overlying the binder strip and extending through the eyelets to form a hinge, means for removably securing the pintle, and means carried by said binder strip for detachably securing papers between the folds thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRED J. KLINE. 

